Migration and Population Growth's Impact on Natural Resources and Welfare: The Role of Manufacturing's Returns to Scale

Maurice Schiff

No 1701, GLO Discussion Paper Series from Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Abstract: I examine the impact of population growth and endogenous migration on renewable natural resources (NR) and welfare in a general equilibrium model with two sectors - a commodity and a manufacturing sector, and with two inputs - labor and NR. Under population growth and no migration, a country's NR and welfare are unchanged (increase) (decline and eventually collapse) over time for constant (increasing) (decreasing) returns to scale in the manufacturing sector, i.e., for ϕ = (>)(

Keywords: Migration; Population growth; Renewable natural resources (NR); Impact on NR and welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 F18 Q27 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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